Romans 2:17

Pride The law

¹⁵ Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

¹⁶ In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

¹⁸ And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

¹⁹ And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
KJV: Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
WEB: Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
ASV: But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,
DARBY: But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
BLB: But if you are named a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,

ÅB: Men om du kalles jøde og setter din lit til loven og roser deg av Gud
OTB: Nå, hvis du identifiserer deg som en jøde og stoler på Loven og er stolt av Gud,
B1930: Men om du kalles jøde og setter din lit til loven og roser dig av Gud

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 2:23
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
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Isaiah 48:1–2
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
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Revelation 2:9
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
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Romans 9:4–7
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
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Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
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John 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
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Romans 2:28–29
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
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